Reprints and Permissions

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Requesting Permission

Permission is required before reproducing any content (text, photos, tables, figures) from:

If you are seeking permission to use content from Science, you may use the Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink® service. If you are seeking permission to use content from one of the other AAAS publications listed above, please see our guidelines below.

With Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink® service it is faster and easier than ever before to secure permission for material from Science to be republished in your thesis, journal article, book, newsletter, or other publication. Simply visit www.sciencemag.org and locate your desired content (we suggest using Science’s search engine, which can be found at http://www.sciencemag.org/search.dtl). Once you have found the Science article you are looking for:

• Click on either the article abstract/summary or the Full Text view
• Click on the “Get Permission” link which appears in the menu bar on the left side of your screen

• Once you are in Rightslink®, create an account if you do not already have one
• Select the use you wish to make
• Click to accept the terms and conditions

Confirmation of your permission and a copy of the permission terms and conditions will be sent to you instantly via e-mail.

If you have questions about using the Rightslink® service, please contact Customer Support at (877) 622-5543 (toll free) or (978) 777-9929, or e-mail customercare{at}copyright.com.

If you are unable to locate the material you wish to use or you are unable to secure the rights you are seeking, please e-mail us at permissions{at}aaas.org, providing the details outlined below.

For permission to use/republish material from AAAS publications other than Science, please e-mail us the following details (note: the more details you provide, the faster your request is likely to be processed):

1. Your name, institute, and title
2. Your complete mailing address, phone number, and fax number

Identify the content you wish to use:

1. AAAS publication title (Science Classic, ScienceNOW; Science Careers, including content from Science's Next Wave; Science Signaling (or STKE); Science Express; AIDScience; or SAGE KE)
2. Article title
3. Authors' names
4. Volume number, issue date, page numbers (provide all that apply)
5. Specific figure numbers or portion of text (or supply a photocopy)

Include the following information about your intended use:

1. Type of work in which our material will be used (e.g., book, journal, newsletter, poster, etc.)
2. Title of Work in which Science material will appear<
3. Title of article/chapter (if you are using the material in a journal, newspaper, newsletter, or book)
4. Author(s)/editor(s)
5. Expected publication date (or volume and issue number for journals)
6. Publishing company
7. Retail price (for books only)
8. Print run (for books only)
9. Intended audience for the Work

If you wish to reprint the material on the World Wide Web (in cases where content is available online, we may grant linking privileges rather than republication rights), please also include the following:

1. Your website's URL
2. Website's sponsoring organization/company
3. Whether the sponsor is a for-profit or nonprofit organization
4. Description of the purpose and nature of your website
5. Description of the website's visitors (customers, scholars, professors, etc.)
6. Whether the site is password protected

If you wish to reproduce the material for purposes other than those described above, please write a description of your project, including the title of your project, the number of copies to be made, the format (e.g., print copies, PowerPoint presentation, poster, media kit, etc.), targeted recipients, expected distribution date, and proposed selling price.

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